Candle vigil for Xi'an blast victims

Updated: 2011-11-15 16:08

(chinadaily.com.cn)

People light candles to mourn for the victims of a suspected gas explosion in Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. At least nine people were killed and 34 others injured after the blast ripped through a restaurant in a commercial building on Monday morning sending shards of glass and debris into the street. Zhao Zhengyong, the governor of the province apologized to the injured during a visit to Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital.[Photo/CFP]